[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 102 (Wednesday, September 6, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H7219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           INDONESIAN MILITIAS KILL U.N. STAFF IN WEST TIMOR

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, in 1999, militias, armed and supported 
by the Indonesian military, rampaged through East Timor because the 
people of East Timor voted for freedom and independence.
  One year later, the militias are on the rampage again. Today, pro-
Indonesia militias killed at least three United Nations refugee workers 
in West Timor.
  Over 100,000 refugees from East Timor remain trapped in squalid 
refugee camps in West Timor, under the control of the militias. These 
U.N. workers were providing much-needed relief to these refugees.
  Let me tell my colleagues how they died. A mob of thousands of 
militiamen, wielding machetes and rifles stormed the U.N. headquarters 
in West Timor. The militias stabbed their victims to death, dragged 
their bodies into the street, and then set them on fire.
  President Clinton must condemn these brutal murders and demand the 
Indonesian government disarm and disband the militias and ensure the 
safe return of the refugees to East Timor.
  Finally, the United States must maintain the suspension of all U.S. 
military aid and relations with the Indonesian military until this has 
been accomplished.
  The murder and mayhem in West Timor must stop today.

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